Viscount was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served as daimyō of the

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Shimotsuke Province was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Tochigi Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''SHimotsuke''" in . Shimotsuke was bordered by Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Hitachi Province, ...

. Succeeded to the family headship in 1870 following his elder brother Torii Tadatomi's retirement due to illness. He served as Vice Consul to the

Kingdom of Hawaii The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian:

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, was an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country from 1795 to 1893, which eventually encompassed all of the inhabited Hawaii ...

under Taro Ando and was Acting Consul in 1889. Tadafumi later became a viscount (子爵 ''shishaku'') and a member of the Council of Peers.

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1847 births 1914 deaths Daimyo Kazoku Japanese politicians Meiji Restoration Samurai Ambassadors of Japan to Hawaii Members of the Iwakura Mission {{japan-hist-stub